Testimonials
Hear from educators, educational leaders, and schools who share their experiences of working with Leah and the impact her guidance has made.
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Leah brings an infectious passion for teaching that inspires those around her. With more than ten years classroom experience and a track record of teaching students at the tertiary level, she combines practical instructional know-how with creative flair. Through her coaching work, Leah uses her ability to energise teachers and spark new ways of thinking about engaging and effective practice.
Dr Nathaniel Swain
Teacher, Lecturer, Coach, Founder of Think Forward Educators. -
Leah's approach is simple: teachers deserve strong support and students deserve to be at the heart of that support. Leah gets to know individuals and teams, where they work and the communities they serve, to develop a best fit plan for each school: what will help right now and what will help them grow into the future. Leah is skilled at working with teachers and leaders at all levels: from preservice teacher candidates in the literacy and classroom pedagogies focused subjects at La Trobe University, to working with leaders, providing system level-advice. Her focus is always on high quality instruction and holding educators so they can do their best.
Melanie Henry
Lecturer, Learning Sciences, La Trobe Trobe University -
Leah has a vast knowledge of how to teach using evidence-based practices. She is an advocate for students, families, teachers and a voice to school leaders on what we should all be fighting to achieve. Leah has supported our school with practical teaching resources, challenging conversations, research articles and peer coaching. Her understanding of the demands on teachers and the rights of students motivates everything she does, providing an efficient, value for money and worthwhile consultancy service. Working collaboratively with Leah has in my opinion helped fast track our schools progress in providing evidence-based literacy instruction by more than 18 months. We will continue to work with Leah on this important work and would recommend her support to other schools looking to learn and improve.
Craig Irvine
Principal, Yea Primary School
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Leah’s support with implementing The Writing Revolution has truly transformed our school’s approach to writing. By integrating evidence-based strategies grounded in the science of learning, she has helped our students develop clearer, more consistent writing skills throughout literacy. Leah’s expertise and dedication have made a measurable impact on both teaching practices and student outcomes. Beyond her expertise, Leah’s great sense of humour and genuine ability to connect with our team have made the process enjoyable and inspiring. We’re grateful for her invaluable contribution to our school community.
Steven King & Rashelle Moon,
Principal and Learning Specialist, Wangala Primary School
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A huge thank you SO much to Leah for coming to our school and introducing The Science of Reading to our teachers. Your deep knowledge and passion for the Science of Reading truly shone through as you delivered such an enlightening and inspiring presentation! It’s clear that we are the start of a meaningful and exciting journey toward improving reading instruction for our EAL students and the best is still yet to come! Thank you once again for sharing your expertise with us and for guiding us as we take these first steps toward this important instructional change.
Thea Ho
Learning Specialist, Western English Language School
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What do teachers have to say about their time with Leah?
"Leah is very knowledgeable and shares that knowledge in a snappy and engaging way. I find the planning support direction/discussion and worked examples of slides to be most valuable."
"I liked being included in discussion rather than a lecture type presentation.”
“It was helpful learning new information but then applying to current teaching (planning documents) with support from Leah.”“Loved having discussion around the research.”